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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE HENRY EVANS AND BABNABAS CHURCHILL, OFPLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLIER FOR SPINNING FLAX, HEMP, MANILA, 65o.

Specification of VLettersv Patent No. 948, dated September 26, 1838L Toall whom tmay concern.'

Be itv known that we, HENRY EVANS and I BARNABAs CHRoI-ITLL, both ofPlymouth, in

the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful Improvements for Spinning by Hand in a Stationary Position allKinds of Hemp, Flax, and Manila; and we do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full and exact description.

Our invention is two regulators for spinning at a given rate, introducedwithin the -ilier of a spinning machine as shown in the accompanyingdrawing.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention wewill proceed `to describe its construction and operation.

Regulator B Figure l, consists of five parts combined, numbered from 1to 5. Nos. l and 2 is two iron cogs. Nos. 3 and i is two wood drums andbelt. No. 5 is a cross bar or support for one end of drum shafts-theother end (of drum shafts) has a bearing in the head of the flier. CogNo. l, is stationary on the bearing E or driven by pulley F, through thebearing E. Cog

No. 2 is on the shaft with drum No. 3, and;

geared to cog No. l. A leather or indiarubber belt is applied to the twodrums which gives motion to drum No. Tand holds the yarn from rendering;The size of drum.

No. 3, gives the required length of yarn at each revolution of the dierwhen cog No. l

is stationary-but when cog No. l is driven through the bearing E, thegiven rate is then determined by pulley F. The several arts thusarranged the course ofthe yarn will be as follows: The yarn passes fromthe spinner through the bearing E, over a small sheave on No. 5, passingunder the belt over the two drums to `flier O, thence to bobbin D, onspindle C. It is then taken up by friction applied to spindle C. See atdrawing, Fig. 1.

Regulator B Fig. 2, consists of four p rts combined, numbered from l to4. No. l is an iron or steel spindle Gr, in the bearing E, or driven bypulley F through the bearing E. Nos. 2 and 3 is two iron or wood sheaveswhich conduct the yarn as hereafter described. No. 4 a bar secured withscrews to each arm of flier O, to support the two sheaves. The size ofspindle Gr, when stationary determines the rate of turn in the yarn-alsothe length produced at each revolution of the flier O, but when spindleG is driven through the bearing E, the given rate is then determined bythe pulley F. The several parts being thus arranged the course of theyarn will be as follows: The yarn passes from the spinner through thebearing E and spindle G, over sheave No. 2,'

passing around spindle G, over sheave No. 3, to flier O, thence tobobbin D on spindle C. It is then taken up by friction applied tospindle C. When the flier O is in motion the large sheave No. 2 Vputsthe Vyarn on spindle G, while small sheave No. 3, takes itolf-sufficient friction being applied tor spindle C, which regulates themotion of bobbin D. See at drawing Fig. 2.

What We claim as our inventionand wish to secure by Letters Patent is-The application of thetwo regulators B, B, within the flier of aspinning machine as herein described, for regulating the spinning of allkinds of hemp, flax and manila.

Witnesses:

ZABEN OLNEY,

JosiAH T. TRING.

